Eating disorders have a pervasive nature that challenges and affects one’s mental health, day-to-day activities, and personal relationships. When someone is suffering from this type of psychological disorder, there are health consequences that the person might face. Some of the medical consequences of Eating disorders in Bribie Island include brain damage, and it can also affect adequate nutrition absorption negatively. It highly occurs among adolescents because the development of the brain occurs through the early years of adulthood. Therefore, a significant time of growth could be highly disrupted. In this post, we have answered the most asked questions about this psychological disorder.
Check out the frequently asked questions about different types of eating disorders:
What are the different types of this psychological disorder?
There are different types of medical disorders that are related to the way you consume food. Anorexia Nervosa is a form of self-starvation, while Bulimia Nervosa is a form of multiple binge-eating cycles alternating with self-induced vomiting or starvation. Binge-Eating Disorder (BED) seems very much similar to Bulimia Nervosa. However, it does not include any compensatory behavior like vomiting, excessive exercise or laxative abuse to avoid weight gain. Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder occurs when an individual lacks interest in food consumption, avoids certain food types and textures, and has anxiety about consequences that are not related to weight gain like choking, vomiting, and so on.
What are the common warning signs of this malady?
It’s hard to point out a single common sign; however, there are red flags. People, who do not have regular food consumption patterns, often avoid social eating settings and try to eat alone. A person suffering from Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, or BED generally talks a lot about getting fat and cutting down weight and calorie intake. They have a pattern of intaking limited choices of low-calorie food, or they follow a pattern of intermittent binge eating of high-calorie foods. People suffering from Anorexia Nervosa find themselves doing excessive exercise. Some of them induce vomiting and take diet pills to avoid weight gain. People suffering from Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder have the risk of suffering from malnutrition as they avoid eating foods as well.
Who are usually affected by food consumption disorders?
The symptoms are much more common in females. Anorexia Nervosa affects 0.6% of women over their lifetime, while Bulimia Nervosa affects 2-3% of women. Girls and women aged between 12-25 are the most common victims of the disorders. It affects pregnant women as well.
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